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Chart No. 22
[See Book 3, Chart 22]
FIGURE 1 demonstrates a double contact for gas pressure release under the floating ribs and the diaphragm. The right band of the operator is placed on the back of the patient, the thumb pressing between the fourth and fifth dorsal [thoracic] vertebra [T4, T5] on the right side, steadily pressing anteriorly, while the left hand supports the abdomen in a steady lift or rhythmic movement upward. This has many other benefits, as mentioned in connection with chart No. 3 in this book. A co-ordinated, rhythmic motion of pressure and lift often releases the gases freely.
This also bas a POLARIZING EFFECT from the back motor area to the front sensory area of the body, and opens the pylorus.
The contact and application can be used up and down the spine on the back, as well as from the pubis upward over the entire abdomen, up to the ribs, in a lifting motion. It may be used on either side for gas release, depending on where it is needed.
FIGURE 2 gives a posterior view of the contact marked "X" on either side of the spine.
Pressure on the left side of the back in this area releases the tension in the small intestines.
The straight horizontal arrow shows a combination hold of the anterior and posterior contact employed simultaneously as one move, in a lifting, rocking action for gas release.
In heavy patients the knee of the doctor should support the elbow of his band on the back of the patient when the back is flexed for rocking or a lift upward.
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